From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Who Doesn’t Deserve Compassion?

Inspiration & Motivation

Most of us find it easy to show compassion for people stricken with misfortune.  If someone is ill or otherwise hurt, the average person feels some degree of empathy for them.  But what about the person who is inflicting hurt or hardship on others? Do you have compassion for them? Should you? I thought about [...]

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10 Natural Health Tips to Prevent Swine Flu (and Everything Else)

Health & Wellness

I am among the people who have no intention of getting the Swine flu vaccine.  I choose to prevent the need for vaccinations and medications. Although I’ve made my choice clear, this article is not meant to discourage anyone from vaccines or medication.  My only intention is to provide information for those who are interested [...]

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How to Trust Again: 7 Steps to Overcome Betrayal

Relationships

If you’ve ever been betrayed or severely disappointed by someone you love, you know how difficult it can be to trust again.  Whether you were let down by a friend, spouse, lover, or even a parent, this can negatively impact future relationships. Living with suspicion of people’s motives or refusing to trust anyone is nothing [...]

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Why You Shouldn’t Keep It Real: A Lesson on Unrealistic Living

Self Improvement Ideas

While reading a list of 50 tips from a fellow self improvement blogger, I found myself stuck on number one.  Not because it was such an amazingly good or bad tip, but because it was so fundamentally different from everything that I believe.  The tip: Be realistic. If I could offer only one piece of [...]

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What It Really Takes to Achieve the Impossible

Inspiration & Motivation

Have you ever wondered how some people manage to have amazing, almost miraculous success stories to share with the world?  When smashed between a rock and a hard place, they somehow wind up on a cloud.  It’s so amazing that you can’t help but feel inspired, and maybe even a little jealous. I gave this [...]

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50 Regrets and the Life Lessons to Learn From Them

Self Improvement Ideas

After writing the article 6 Ways to Escape Your Regrets, I found myself thinking of the many things that people go through life regretting.  We can all learn great life lessons from each other’s mistakes, so I decided to put together a list. This list of 50 is by no means a complete list of [...]

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6 Ways to Escape Your Regrets

Inspiration & Motivation

If you’ve made it to adulthood, chances are good that you have experienced the pain of living with regret.  Chances are equally good that you’d love to go back in time to change some choices that you’ve made, to undo some action that you took, to take back some words that you wish you had [...]

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